From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 01:00:32 +0000 Hello all, The following Seminar being hosted by ALPSP makes the comment that “Fraud and piracy costs the scholarly publishing industry at least �400 million” (see below). That seems extraordinary. For all I know it is correct, and it may relate to book publishing, not journal publishing, but I am wondering how that number was obtained. What kind of fraud are we talking about? This Wiley post explains some of the issues and some of the ways the publishing industry is countering the problem - http://exchanges.wiley.com/blog/2011/05/11/piracy-fraud-and-other-challenges-for-publishers/ If the figure is true it might explain some of the actions by publishers to clamp down on copyright. But if it is true, and there is evidence, it would be helpful to see this evidence. I have to admit it does bring to mind the ‘Copyright Math’ TED talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZadCj8O1-0 Danny Fraud and Piracy – Friday 11 April 2014 (London, UK) NOTE: The web address does not appear to be working] http://alpsp.org/Ebusiness/ProductCatalog/1404FAP.aspx?ID=396 Chair: Andrew Pitts, Publisher Solutions International Ltd Speakers include: Richard Balkwill, Copytrain, Dominic McGonigal, C8 Associates, Roy Kaufman, Copyright Clearance Center, Paul Doda, Elsevier, Andrew Pitts, Publisher Solutions International, Joe Esposito, Management Consultant. Fraud and piracy costs the scholarly publishing industry at least �400 million. How much does it cost you - and what can you do about it? The last 15 years has seen tremendous change in the distribution of scholarly content and threats to the concept of ownership of intellectual property. Paper subscriptions by individuals and departmental libraries have been replaced by licence deals to universities and consortia. Content itself can be copied and loaded in a matter of seconds onto sites not authorized by the content owner. Publishers, authors and legitimate subscribers themselves all lose as perfidious individuals exploit the system. But publishers can fight back. This seminar explains the problem and shows how publishers can detect and manage fraud and piracy, and potentially prevent it from recurring. Dr Danny Kingsley ------------------------------------------ Executive Officer Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) Menzies Library, Building 2 The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia E: [log in to unmask] P: +612 6125 6839 W: http://aoasg.org.au